Improvement in car-seat backs



B. LL Woon. ACar-Seat Back.

No. 219,556. Patented sepf. 9,1s19. f

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BENJAMIN L. WOOD, TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF HIS RIGHT TO JULIA MARIA WOOD, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-SEAT BACKS.

Specification forming part OfLetters Patent No. 219,556. dated September 9, 18795 application filled March 14, 1879. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN L. WOOD, of Taunton, in the county of Bristol and State Of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car-Seat Backs, which improvement is fully set forth in the following speciiication and accompanying drawings, in Which- .s

Figure l is an elevation representing the car-seat back as having the covering removed from the right-hand upper corner in order to show the internal arrangement of my invention; and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

The object of my invention is to provide the traveler in railroad-cars with a convenient and comfortable rest for the head- One which may be quickly and easily put in place, and as quickly and easily disposed of.

In the drawings, B. R represent stationary rods Orways running nearly from one edge of the back to the other. These rods R R are fastened alike at both ends by a metal strap, B, and this strap B is fastened securely to the frame-work of the car-seat back. lhe covering N of the back is fastened down over the strap B by the external strap M. Upon these rodsR R slides the frame-work A O D, its motion being guided by the thimble-like pieces O and P. This frame-work A C D forms the body of the head-rest, and may be covered in a variety of wayswith plush, wire-netting, basket-work of brass ribbon, Or with any other convenient and suitable material.

the back is to be turned over, Or when the traveler no longer Wishes to use them, they can be as easily pushed back into their sockets in the frame-work Of the seat-back.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

rIhe combination, in a car-seat, of the covering N, outer strap Or stay, M, corresponding inner fastening-strap, B, ways R R, secured in the said strap B, and sliding frame A C D, provided with the handle H, and thimbles O P, sliding upon the said ways R R and engag` ing with springs S S at the upper and lower ends ot' the ways B B, substantially as set forth.

BENJAMIN L. WOOD.

Witnesses:

BENJ. L. WOOD, J r., THOMAS C. SPROUT. 

